Subject: ISS Predictions Following is a recent report of the International Space Station that I made. ISS can easily be seen without aid if the weather permits. Sites on the internet for getting orbital elements include http://www.space-track.org (very current data from the Department of Defense), http://celestrak.com (maintained by Col TS Kelso) and http://www.prismnet.com/~mmccants (maintained by Mike McCants). The last site contains satellite elements of classified objects. - Jeff Stetekluh (jeff.stetekluh@acm.org) 2023-03-30 3:37:01 AM Station: Stetekluh House Latitude: 38 deg 51 min 13 sec N Longitude: 77 deg 4 min 14 sec W Height: 38 meters Pass - From: Thu 2023-03-30 1:00:00 AM EDT To: Sun 2023-04-09 11:00:00 PM EDT Satellite ISS Catalog Number 25544 Int Des 1998 067A Epoch 2023 89.17170997 2023-03-30 04:07:16 UTC Drag2 0.00030110 Rev/Day^2 Drag3 0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3 BStar 5.3719e-04 Ep Type 0 Element Set 999 Inclination 51.6425 Deg RAAN 0.0310 Deg Eccentricity 0.0005885 Argument of Perigee 149.0909 Deg Mean Anomaly 13.7638 Deg Mean Motion 15.49793248 Rev/Day Epoch Revolution 38953 Semimajor Axis 6795.97 km Precession 4.9549 Deg West/Day Period 92.92 Min Apogee 421.84 km Perigee 413.84 km Time EDT Az El Range Height Satellite DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility Fri 2023-03-31 8:45:00 PM 314 3 2028 416 3.2 Illuminated Fri 2023-03-31 8:46:00 PM 317 8 1625 416 2.3 Illuminated Fri 2023-03-31 8:47:00 PM 322 15 1235 416 1.3 Illuminated Fri 2023-03-31 8:48:00 PM 332 25 875 416 0.0 Illuminated Fri 2023-03-31 8:49:00 PM 359 42 606 416 -1.5 Illuminated Fri 2023-03-31 8:50:00 PM 60 44 578 416 -2.2 Illuminated Fri 2023-03-31 8:51:00 PM 94 28 814 416 -1.7 In shadow Fri 2023-03-31 8:52:00 PM 106 16 1164 416 -0.9 In shadow Fri 2023-03-31 8:53:00 PM 111 9 1552 417 -0.3 In shadow Fri 2023-03-31 8:54:00 PM 115 4 1953 417 0.2 In shadow Time EDT Az El Range Height Satellite DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility Sun 2023-04-02 8:45:00 PM 304 3 2036 416 3.8 Illuminated Sun 2023-04-02 8:46:00 PM 302 8 1628 416 3.1 Illuminated Sun 2023-04-02 8:47:00 PM 298 15 1229 416 2.1 Illuminated Sun 2023-04-02 8:48:00 PM 291 26 856 416 0.7 Illuminated Sun 2023-04-02 8:49:00 PM 266 46 565 416 -1.1 Illuminated Sun 2023-04-02 8:50:00 PM 192 51 524 416 -2.2 Illuminated Sun 2023-04-02 8:51:00 PM 157 30 772 417 -1.6 Illuminated Sun 2023-04-02 8:52:00 PM 148 17 1133 417 -0.9 In shadow Sun 2023-04-02 8:53:00 PM 143 9 1528 417 -0.2 In shadow Sun 2023-04-02 8:54:00 PM 141 4 1935 418 0.3 In shadow Time EDT Az El Range Height Satellite DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility Mon 2023-04-03 7:56:00 PM 309 1 2264 416 3.6 Daylight Mon 2023-04-03 7:57:00 PM 310 5 1850 416 3.0 Daylight Mon 2023-04-03 7:58:00 PM 311 11 1440 416 2.3 Daylight Mon 2023-04-03 7:59:00 PM 313 19 1041 416 1.2 Daylight Mon 2023-04-03 8:00:00 PM 317 36 674 416 -0.4 Daylight Mon 2023-04-03 8:01:00 PM 348 73 434 416 -2.3 Illuminated Mon 2023-04-03 8:02:00 PM 115 49 538 416 -2.4 Illuminated Mon 2023-04-03 8:03:00 PM 123 25 869 416 -1.5 Illuminated Mon 2023-04-03 8:04:00 PM 125 14 1259 417 -0.7 Illuminated Mon 2023-04-03 8:05:00 PM 126 7 1666 417 -0.1 Illuminated Mon 2023-04-03 8:06:00 PM 127 2 2079 417 0.4 In shadow
ISS PredictionsChris Lee2016-07-08T14:49:14-04:00